Diagnosis birthday and how disabilities touch us all (literally)
Yesterday was an important day! I started my morning with a lovely sunny walk with Waffel through the forest and parks, thinking about how grateful I am—grateful that I’m already celebrating…
You are so talented, but incredibly lazy!
School, practice, homework, drawing, sleeping. Tired, exhausted, overstimulated, anxious, scared. I go to school and get another failing grade. Failing in two, three, seven subjects. Hours of studying every day…
“But you’re not autistic“
My gift is that I am quick, spontaneous, creative, and pretty distant from perfectionism. I’ve always struggled to understand why perfectionism is so highly valued—it just stifles creativity. At least…
When psychologists diagnose through the internet
The month of May has gained new significance in my life because it is the month when I received my official autism and ADHD diagnosis. This year was the first…
“There’s too much of you”
“You didn’t speak until you were four years old, and after that, you never stopped talking” says my grandfather jokingly. For autistic people, it’s relatively common to start speaking much…
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